Our Happy Easter

 Believe it or not but we had a happy Easter. Joseph's face may sway you to believe otherwise but it was really nice. I hosted at my house this year and when we arrived home from church I pushed Jason outside the door with the boys and told him to take Easter pictures.  I wanted to do some last minute cleaning and prepping so I thought he could handle it. After about 10 minutes Jason came back in obviously flustered telling me he didn't get a single good one....I however adore each and everyone of them!

 First off Joseph never really smiles for the camera and for him to catch this real (and I will add sweet) smile was pretty darn good skills.

 He just adores his little brother.

Hope you had a nice Easter Sunday too!

Easter Pictures....times 100

Sweet boy of mine.
Getting ready to go to church.

Here he is outside our house saying 'cheese' which never really gives us the smile we want. However it is still a cute face.

Ma mom and Joseph. (As he calls me these days.)

Da Da and Joseph.

yummy food to eat.

Joseph was having so much fun looking for eggs. When all the other children had given up on the hunt he continued. He was having a hard time with the basket so Jason's dad helped him out the entire time. Bless his heart, it was a long time. :)

I did get some cute pictures of the two of them together which was pretty nice. His basket turned out to be too small. We had to empty it 3 times into a larger basket.

Hope your Easter was just perfect like mine.

14 weeks and the baby is the size of a Lemon.

I love my growing belly. I am starting to feel the baby move around inside. I mostly feel the baby at night or in the morning while I am laying in bed. Other wise I don't notice it. The weather has been extremely wonderful here in GA. We have been making it outside for at least an hour every day if not longer. Joseph loveees the outdoors. Yesterday while at the park he learned a few tricks from an older kid. Like how to ride the swing on your belly. Boy did he think he was awesome. He even did it today when we were outside.

I am very excited about Easter and spending time with our families. I love holidays where we all have a chance to remember the Savior and I think it helps remind me of all the little things I should be doing in my life.

Halloween and such.

Our little town goes all out for Halloween. This girl would jump out to scare the kids.
This house was really insane! It was decked out from top to bottom, not to mention the entire yard.

The cousins for trick or treating.

Joseph's first house.

WHO is that cute little Owl?

My pumpkin

Jason cleaned it out for me. Thanks hun. I thought of a great idea

And Muno!! Welcome to our home.

Pumpkins

We had so much fun this weekend. Our little family went to the pumpkin patch with some of Jason's sisters and dad. We left a bit late in the day and Joseph had not taken his nap yet. He fell asleep on the way there and didn't wake up so we put him in his stroller and covered him from the wind because it was cold that day. (top middle picture) Thank goodness he woke up because he had so much fun once he did. We picked out a pumpkin for each of us and will be cutting them tomorrow for Family Home Evening. I feel and urge to blog more on our family blog so here is to hoping you will see more updates on our family.

Fathers Day.

Was a hit in my house....or should I say my parents house? I took picture of Joseph playing with Jason's shoes. The little saying at the top says how he wants to follow in his dads footsteps, and maybe if he wears his shoes he will turn out just like him! I had fun doing it. I also had a hard time with just the footprint, how did Jason do so many little hands on mothers day?!

My first mothers day....

Totally Rocked!!
Jason and Joseph gave me flowers. I officially feel like a real mom because I can now sport my very own homemade gift!. (Jason is the one who did this all by himself. I am so impressed.)

Bunny

I have been so excited to have the Easter Bunny come to our home. He brought really neat touch and feel flash cards. A much needed toothbrush and a nice little bunny bowl. The eggs had cheerios inside.

Joseph didn't understand all the hype I was giving the basket. This was the only time he touched something from the basket.

All dressed up for Easter. What a stud!

Finally!!!!

It has taken me forever to post about my trip to GA. As in true Rebecca fashion I didn't pull the camera out enough.
Jason and I drove out to GA, and it was by far the worst drive of my entire life!!! Joseph refused to eat when we left around 3:00. His last meal was at 9:30am. I figured he would be ready to eat soon and therefore we pulled over the first time he started crying. He still didn't want to eat. Then I put a screaming baby back into his car seat and continued on with the trip. This went on for the rest of the day. He refused to nurse until 10:00 pm! Jason and I were pulling hairs out because we were going so crazy! Then around 1:00am I made Jason pull over and get a hotel because I was soo sleepy and couldn't rest in the car he told me we only had 3 hours left and we should just keep going, but I could only think about my baby who would wake around 6:30 and I would be too tired to play with him. Bad choice. Joseph woke the moment we go in the hotel and didn't go to sleep until the time we would have arrived at my in laws. The next day we were at a rest stop, it was raining and while walking to the car Jason and I both stepped into a HUGE puddle and got our feet soaking wet. Then the grand finally happened. Jason slipped on a banana peel. That was the first time we laughed the entire road trip. Shortly after arriving in GA we made it to Jason's sister's house. Jamie fed us and cheered us up. Joseph has sooo many cousins and this is the only proof we have! Here is Amelia and Joseph, super funny pictures of them both!

He got to meet his aunt Alison for the first time during the trip. She came down from Utah!


Now here are the Christmas pictures, I just couldn't stop taking them of my little man. When Jason saw what he was wearing he told his son, better you than me!

Christmas morning, us waiting for daddy to wake up. (we finally just helped him out a bit!)

More forced posing.

Oops!! Falling into the gifts.

The only shot of Jason's family I got on Christmas.
The only shot of my family on Christmas. It happened to be only the guys.

One of my best friends from high school, Nick, came and ate Christmas dinner with us. When My cousin Amy heard she had to be there too! We had way too much fun talking about good ol' high school. Our whole gang was together again, except for Missy. We missed you!

Surprise surprise!! My oldest brother Barrett made it down with his girlfriend Jessica and they got to meet Joseph for the first time too! Joseph really liked Barrett a lot.

We had sooooo much fun and cannot wait to see all of you again!

Christmas Post

It's Christmas time again. The tree is up, the gifts are almost all taken care of. I am eating so much junk and getting away with it by calling it Christmas time food. Life is great!! I have been packing all day because today my little family will be going on another trip to GA. I am looking forward to spending Christmas with our family. Showing Joseph off to grandparents and letting him meet his aunt Alison for the first time. I am not however looking forward to how we will make it there. Joseph has never cared much for his car seat and hates the car more than that. He used to cry the entire time while we drove anywhere. He has gotten much better, however he still has his moments. I am not sure how he will react to not getting out of the car after 30 minutes.

I posted some of my ornaments. I finally got one for Joseph. I have bells on my Christmas tree that Joseph loves to play with. I thought it was a perfect fit when I found a baby made out of a bell. The bell is baby blue but you really cannot tell from the picture.

Now that I am a mother I think I can truly appreciate Mary. I always knew she was special because our Heavenly Father picked her to be the mother of Jesus Christ.

She must have been very patient and able to endure well, in order to travel while being 9 months pregnant.

She must have had no pride when she lay the Savior of the world in a manger instead of a cradle.

She must have been giving in order to share such an amazing moment with complete strangers who arrived shortly after to admire the baby.

She must have been willing to learn from her child, because Jesus was the greatest teacher of all time.

What trust and love she must have had in God, to know that he placed this baby in her arms because she would be the only one, able to raise the greatest King who ever entered this world.

I pray that I may be that kind of mother while I hold my son in my arms this Christmas.